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tell us what was going on and give us a sense of what this book is all about. >> thank you for the wonderful introduction. >> this is a book of the history of the 16s, a secret history, for the history of the secret of the fbi secret activities concerning the university of california during the cold war. mostly during the 16s. the book tells that story by examining the fbi's activities in regard to three main characters, mario savio, clark kerr who turned out to the in a great dispute with mario and other students, and ronald reagan, who was running for governor at this time and made campus protests a major issue in his campaign and who was at odds with clark kerr and mario savio. what you can see in the book is that behind the scenes of many of these well-known events, the fbi was deeply involved with these people and the university of california and was secretly tampering with history trying to influence public policy behind-the-scenes. >> why not give a little background. how did you start this? i remember you as the young undergraduate. >> those were the days. , i was a reporter for the
tell us what was going on and give us a sense of what this book is all about. >> thank you for the wonderful introduction. >> this is a book of the history of the 16s, a secret history, for the history of the secret of the fbi secret activities concerning the university of california during the cold war. mostly during the 16s. the book tells that story by examining the fbi's activities in regard to three main characters, mario savio, clark kerr who turned out to the in a great...
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tell us, seth, what was going on, and give us a sense of what this book is all about. >> thank you very much for that wonderful introduction. [applause] well, this book is a history of the '60s. it's a secret history, or i should say the history of the secret of the fbi's secret activities concerning the university of california during the cold war, and mostly during the '60s. and the book tells that story by examining the fbi's activities in regard to three main characters; mario savio, the leader of the free speech movement, clark kerr, the president of the united universf california who turned out to be in a great dispute with mario savio and other students, and then ronald reagan who was running for governor at this time and made campus protests a major issue in the his campaign -- in his campaign and who was at odds with both clark kerr and mario savio. and what you can see in the book is that behind the seens of many of these -- scenes of many of these well known events, the fbi was deeply involved with these people and with the university of california and was secretly tampering
tell us, seth, what was going on, and give us a sense of what this book is all about. >> thank you very much for that wonderful introduction. [applause] well, this book is a history of the '60s. it's a secret history, or i should say the history of the secret of the fbi's secret activities concerning the university of california during the cold war, and mostly during the '60s. and the book tells that story by examining the fbi's activities in regard to three main characters; mario savio,...
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it was for use in the gulf war, and later used in the hunt for bin laden, i believe. and this manhunt was unfolding at the same time as the hunt for bin laden. so, actually -- i talk about this in my book -- two parallel men, one in their homeland and one of our deserts and a foreign desert the hunt for bin laden, using some of the same gear and intelligence equipment and infrared technology and making the same call, dead or alive, and bin laden and sheriff baca came out and called for the capture of donald kueck, dead or alive. but he was -- because he knew the desert so well and had allies with animals he was able to -- he was doing what they did. out there in the wild. probably hiding in burrows and caves and at one point he did have a cell phone and was calling a daughter, the daughter i mentioned earlier who lived in the nearby city of riverside and he was calling her while he was on the run, and he said he was -- at dawn when the ground temperature is the same as body temperature, if you hide in the sand, you can elude infrared technology because i can't detect
it was for use in the gulf war, and later used in the hunt for bin laden, i believe. and this manhunt was unfolding at the same time as the hunt for bin laden. so, actually -- i talk about this in my book -- two parallel men, one in their homeland and one of our deserts and a foreign desert the hunt for bin laden, using some of the same gear and intelligence equipment and infrared technology and making the same call, dead or alive, and bin laden and sheriff baca came out and called for the...
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he does it to win us. bob jones had just moved to the country, just moved his university in thurmond needed votes. he had lost the 1950 vote to decide that. i'm not begin a long process, a long relation ship of thurmond was conservative, fundamentalist and evangelical folks looking to get involved in the political process. so we need to understand theremins racial politics in the midst of these other conservative causes, these conservative issues that he was involved with and see how they intersect with one another. and i think doing so gives us a history with strom thurmond's america looks like and helps us rethink not only what was going on in the south, but what is going on in the national conservative political realm as well. rethinking strom airman helps us rethink modern conservatism. a history that too often thurman is left out is because we openly have this cartoonish, racist figure from the deep south. let me read you an excerpt from the introduction that speaks to this point. one reason we forget
he does it to win us. bob jones had just moved to the country, just moved his university in thurmond needed votes. he had lost the 1950 vote to decide that. i'm not begin a long process, a long relation ship of thurmond was conservative, fundamentalist and evangelical folks looking to get involved in the political process. so we need to understand theremins racial politics in the midst of these other conservative causes, these conservative issues that he was involved with and see how they...
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thanks very much for having us out. we appreciate the book stall bringing us in. most people don't realize it's actually the last bookstore in the northern suburbs of chicago. that's actually joke. [laughter] but we're really happy to be here. this is, actually, our first signing event for this project, so it means a lot to have people out, and, um, to hear about the work. so, um, and thanks for the introduction, sarah -- >> she's left. >> in the back. by way of background, that's where this begins for us is john was more on the political side with the paper since the late '90s, i was on kind of a crime beat at first and then i moved to 26th street which is the criminal courthouse in chicago and from there to federal court. and our careers sort of merged, not surprisingly, around rod blagojevich sometime after '02, '03, in that range, and certainly by '05, '06. so the project was just sort of our attempt to preserve this story and kind of tell a piece of city history and try to, i don't know if we've cut through all the sensationalism -- >> it's still a little sen
thanks very much for having us out. we appreciate the book stall bringing us in. most people don't realize it's actually the last bookstore in the northern suburbs of chicago. that's actually joke. [laughter] but we're really happy to be here. this is, actually, our first signing event for this project, so it means a lot to have people out, and, um, to hear about the work. so, um, and thanks for the introduction, sarah -- >> she's left. >> in the back. by way of background, that's...
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i think doing so it gives us a history of what strom thurmond's america look like and it helps us rethink not only what was going on in the south out what was going on in the national conservative political realm as well. freethinking strom thurmond forces us to rethink history. a history that too often thurmond is left out of because we only remember this cartoonish racist figure from the deep south. let me read you an excerpt from his introduction that speaks to this point. one reason we forget about strom thurmond is because he was so dog on old, right? [laughter] thurmond predated the founding generation of what is commonly understood as a modern conservative movement. he was different a friend to william f. buckley senior then to william f. buckley jr. the founding editor of national review who was one of the central figures of modern conservatism. buckley senior had an antebellum estate in camden north carolina became a friend and regular correspondent with the then governor thurmond would have would have had no problem identifying the strom thurmond america. i don't know of any oth
i think doing so it gives us a history of what strom thurmond's america look like and it helps us rethink not only what was going on in the south out what was going on in the national conservative political realm as well. freethinking strom thurmond forces us to rethink history. a history that too often thurmond is left out of because we only remember this cartoonish racist figure from the deep south. let me read you an excerpt from his introduction that speaks to this point. one reason we...
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so, republicans had been aiming to use this. she was one of the most vocal leading the charge on the senate floor saying there are missiles going to cuba we have refuge ev ports and the administration is just negligent and the had been attacking them for months. so the issue had been sort of percolating for a long time and the hit comeuppance of timber and had to put out press statements saying we know about the buildup but so far it isn't a threat so it's fine. >> host: kennedy himself had attacked nixon. they were perfectly happy to savage him. a guest of the missile crisis breaks all not sure 22nd is suddenly becomes a public moment. but critics silence themselves. this is a moment to rally in of the flag. even kenneth says the have our full support. you know, we are not going to and this moment of crisis jeopardize the united states chance of victory but once he capitulates, the cease-fire breaks immediately because it is about nine, ten days after the election, and republicans start asking some very good questions about why
so, republicans had been aiming to use this. she was one of the most vocal leading the charge on the senate floor saying there are missiles going to cuba we have refuge ev ports and the administration is just negligent and the had been attacking them for months. so the issue had been sort of percolating for a long time and the hit comeuppance of timber and had to put out press statements saying we know about the buildup but so far it isn't a threat so it's fine. >> host: kennedy himself...
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republicans had been aiming to use this. senator keating from new york, most vocal, on the senate floor about every day saying, you know, there's missiles going to florida, refugee reports, administration turning a blind eye, attacking them for months on this. the issue had been sort of percolating for a long time, come up in september, kennedy had to put out press statements saying we know about the build up, but it's not a threat to us so it's fine. >> host: tougher because kennedy, himself, attacked nixon for being insufficient against castro two years earlier. republicans were happy to bring it up years later. >> guest: it's a public moment suddenly. the critics silence themselves. this is a moment to rally around the flag, and keating said the president has our full support, we're not going to, in this moment of crisis, jeopardize the united states' chance of victory here, but once khrushchev breaks, that cease fire breaks immediately because it's nine to ten days out from election. republicans start asking good questio
republicans had been aiming to use this. senator keating from new york, most vocal, on the senate floor about every day saying, you know, there's missiles going to florida, refugee reports, administration turning a blind eye, attacking them for months on this. the issue had been sort of percolating for a long time, come up in september, kennedy had to put out press statements saying we know about the build up, but it's not a threat to us so it's fine. >> host: tougher because kennedy,...
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tell us a little bit about the position. what's what's is the chief justice of the united states do in the importance of william rehnquist and then we will go into the chronology. yes go the chief has two roles in the judicial system. he is first the chief among equals on the court. he assigns the opinion when he was a majority and reach the discussion conference so he has a very poor girl to play among the nine justices. he is really the key guy there. particularly when he's in the majority but the other thing that rehnquist was is really the head of hired administration office of the courts, sort of runs the entire court system and that is a whole part of his administrative responsibilities that the other justices don't have so that is what a chief does. >> host: we will talk a little bit how he got into tha position but let's go back to the beginning. the suburb of milwaukee, born october 1 right around this time, 1924. his father was a paper salesman its mother with a homemaker but she was a dominant force in the househo
tell us a little bit about the position. what's what's is the chief justice of the united states do in the importance of william rehnquist and then we will go into the chronology. yes go the chief has two roles in the judicial system. he is first the chief among equals on the court. he assigns the opinion when he was a majority and reach the discussion conference so he has a very poor girl to play among the nine justices. he is really the key guy there. particularly when he's in the majority...